Aborigines, culture and economy

Convened Professor Diane Austin-Broos and Dr Gaynor Macdonald (Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney). at the University of Sydney, 2-3 December 2004.

<download (pdf - 51kb)> the report.

The aim of the project was to bring together Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, anthropologists and other social scientists in the discussion of rural and remote Aboriginal communities.

The focus was on culture and economy, on both the ways in which Indigenous innovation has contributed to economy, and also the ways in which social and locational disadvantage, and issues of cultural conflict, contribute to a serious decline in living conditions and life chances in most remote communities. The Workshop was run over two days on the 2nd and 3rd of December, 2004. There were five panels and twenty-one participants. A small number of observers attended.

An e-publication of the Workshop proceedings - Culture and Economy in Aboriginal Australia - will be issued by University of Sydney Press (www.sup.usyd.edu.au).